Cyber criminals are on the rise and often try to gain access to a company’s network through weaknesses in the system. They do this through hacking or sending bogus e-mails urging recipients to click on a link and surprisingly,
many do.

There are many ways criminals launch attacks that can freeze your operations and if they occur, your operations could be disrupted or completely shut down, leaving you scrambling.

Join us at Breakfast with Bob during the month of September to get information as to how to protect your company from internet pirates, hackers and extortionists. Our special guests are Chris Nelson, CIO and Dustin Scott, Field Manager
from GDR Consulting—PIASC’s Member Discount Partner for computer and data consulting and they will be prepared to give us tips to secure our systems.

Ask yourself the following questions and if you don’t know or not sure, attending Breakfast with Bob is a must!

Is your system safe from internet pirates… hackers and extortionists?

Is your customers’ data safe from them?

How can you prevent an attack?

How can you recover from it?

Make your reservations now for any of the following dates by contacting
Emily Holguin at 323.728.9500, ext. 262, clicking below.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in mid-July announced two poster changes—Federal Minimum Wage and Employment Polygraph Protection Act. The DOL made the changes two weeks ago and set a mandatory compliance date of August 1,
2016.

Federal Minimum Wage Poster: Even though California has a higher minimum wage rates than the federal rate, employers still must post the federal notice. Several changes were made to this poster, including

New information discussing the consequences of incorrectly classifying workers as independent contractors.

New information relating to the rights of nursing mothers; and

Updated information regarding enforcement by the DOL

Employee Polygraph Protection Act Poster: Revisions to this poster focus on new contact information for the DOL and delete reference to the penalty amount for violation of the law.

You may download a pdf of the posters (either in color or black and white) at the following links:

One of the best approaches to time management is to acknowledge that no one can do everything. Yet, many time management trainers still focus on schedules and productivity instead of prioritization, energy and coping with distractions.
The truth is that time is limited and you are a finite resource. The effort to “keep up” can make you feel like you’re not able to finish anything.

As Peter Bregman put it in the Harvard Business Review, “The idea that we can get it all done is the biggest myth in time management.” That can be a hard admission to make, and the fact might seem depressing to
go-getters. Yet Bregman explains that this realization is empowering because, “Once we admit that we aren’t going to get it all done, we’re in a much better position to make explicit choices about what we are going to
do.”
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HOW DO YOU CALCULATE YOUR COSTS?

Improved printing technology has amplified the debate about the cost crossover point between production devices and also between different production methods. In lieu of making precise, time-consuming calculations, printing companies
have been willing to accept the generic calculations of suppliers or consultants.

PIA's PrintAS Cost Calculator (version 2.0) gives member companies an easy-to-use tool to ensure informed decisions are made in estimating the appropriateness of a particular print solution. The calculator prompts members to input
all of the factors that impact the cost structure of specific jobs for digital, offset, or both. It then determines the precise cost crossover point between the different configurations.

Now that the cost calculator can determine the least expensive process for any job, members can avoid making decisions based on an imperfect rule-of-thumb, but rather on the conditions and rules of their own operation.